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NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party today said it will strongly oppose the Centre's move to pay a subsidiary of the Reliance Infrastructure to the tune of Rs 1,800 crore for exiting from the crucial Delhi airport Metro project. AAP said the Centre should not take any decision which has financial implications for the Delhi government, which has a stake in DMRC, in the absence of an elected government in the national capital. The party said the Attorney General has advised the government to pay Rs 1,800 crore to the company for terminating the contract of Delhi airport Metro with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)

NEW DELHI: As many as 42 people were killed in 32 air accidents in the country in the last three years, Lok Sabha was informed today. While the maximum number of 12 accidents occurred in 2011 which included the crash of a MI-172 helicopter in the Tawang helipad claiming 19 lives, there were eight incidents each in 2012 and 2013 and four so far this year, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said in reply to a written question....

NEW DELHI: As many as 42 people were killed in 32 air accidents in the country in the last three years, Lok Sabha was informed today. While the maximum number of 12 accidents occurred in 2011 which included the crash of a MI-172 helicopter in the Tawang helipad claiming 19 lives, there were eight incidents each in 2012 and 2013 and four so far this year, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said in reply to a written question....

NEW DELHI: An advanced electronic system has been made operational at the international airport here to keep tabs on suspicious passengers and check smuggling. The Indian Customs Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS), inaugurated today by Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) member Mala Srivastava at Indira Gandhi International Airport, acts as an electronic database of all passengers, crew and other airline staff entering the country, official sources said. The APIS red flags suspicious passengers on the basis of their movement and other parameters and give a lead to customs officials for follow-up, they said.

NEW DELHI: The guidelines for screening incoming passengers at airports for deadly Ebola virus, including checking their 21-day travel history, are not implemented properly and lacunae have been detected in this, according to a review conducted by the Health Ministry. Of the 14 airports identified, isolation facilities at 12 airports were not at par with the Health Ministry guidelines and thus India at present is using the quarantine facilities only at Delhi and Mumbai.

NEW DELHI/JAMMU: Government today decided to tighten measures to detect Ebola cases and formed a three- member committee to plug gaps at airports, a day after it quarantined an Ebola survivor for carrying traces of the deadly virus. As concerns mounted, Health Minister J P Nadda said situation is under "complete control" and there is no need to panic. Nadda, who on Tuesday chaired an inter-ministerial meeting to review the situaiton, said his ministry will constitute teams of experts who will visit states and review preparedness of their hospitals designated for treating Ebola patients.

NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena and BJP today appeared to be on the verge of parting ways in the wake of spat over Cabinet expansion at the Centre and failure to accomodate the Sena in Maharashtra government in Mumbai . Sena MP Anil Desai not taking oath as Union Minister today and the induction of Suresh Prabhu, who had been in the Shiv Sena as Cabinet Minister, came as a climax to the growing chasm between the friends-turned-foes. The simmering tension between them came to a boil today as Desai left for Mumbai from Delhi airport without attending the swearing-in ceremony.

CHANDIGARH: In a major breakthrough, Punjab Police today arrested chief of Khalistan Liberation Force, Harminder Singh alias Mintoo, and one of his aides and claimed that Pakistan's ISI was making "concerted efforts" to revive terrorism in the state. "In last three years concerted efforts have been made by Pakistan's ISI to revive terrorism in Punjab," Punjab DGP S S Saini said. Harminder and his aide Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi were deported from Thailand. Today they were brought from the country to New Delhi in coordination with Thai authorities and arrested at the Delhi Airport by the Punjab Police.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi International Airport Private Limited (DIAL) has been slapped with a show cause notice by central revenue department for allegedly evading service tax of about Rs 60 crore. In its show cause notice, the Directorate General of Central Excise and Intelligence (DGCEI) alleged that DIAL has not fulfilled its service tax liability on money collected by it through leasing out its land to developers to put up five star hotels and other commercial properties as part of its aerocity project, official sources said.

NEW DELHI: There was panic in the AAP ranks today as three of its MLAs sparked fears that they might join BJP when they flew together to Goa from Delhi, although the party itself dismissed such talk. Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia said that the party continues to remain very much united and dismissed any talk about its MLAs switching over to BJP. Three AAP MLAs - Ashok Kumar Chauhan, Dharmender Singh Koli and Prakash Jarwal - left Delhi at noon and landed in Goa before being contacted by the party and asked to immediately return to Delhi.